Whiff of racism in Yonkers sewer flap

As a 35-year neighbor of the Joint Water Treatment Plant, and a veteran of the various efforts to control its unpleasant odors, I must overcome "protest fatigue" to once again suggest that the current plan for the rich sewage of New Castle to perfume Yonkers air is another lesson in racial and class disparities.

Bothers my nose too. Yes it still stinks, some days all the way to Riverdale Avenue and 260th Street.

By diverting rather than repairing, New Castle is spared expense, and Yonkers loses more access to its own waterfront plant, which is needed for development to proceed legally. And the county is off the hook to complete its eternal mitigation. The twin flames will continue to contribute to the methane load locally too.

But we are southwest Yonkers, poor and multicultural. Environmental racism seems the "in" thing as always.